Local filmmaker Jaime Hammonds documented the homeless crisis in Austin, Texas and created a map of the approximately 168 camps around the city that reveal up to 10,000 living on the streets.
The filmmaker told The New York Post that the camps have overtaken tourist areas, claiming that an “even bigger public safety threat could be looming as the sites remain largely unregulated by the Democratic city’s leadership.”
“When possible, the least intrusive and lowest level of force that achieves voluntary compliance has been a preferred method,” city spokeswoman Jenny LaCoste-Caputo told The Post.“This generally looks like progressive enforcement in practice [going from] verbal warning to citation to custody arrest.”
From The Gateway Pundit:
The blue city did not address how its own woke policies have exacerbated the homeless problem. With a shortage of nearly 400 officers, only emergency calls that involve life-threatening actions get patched through to 911.
